check out this new A-10 warthog

One of the guys that works for me is a captain in the air force reserves assigned to an A-10 squadron. He is deployed overseas and just sent me this cool picture. Now that is an A-10 that I would love to fly!

The A-10 turns fast enough that you don't need as much room as you'd think. The takeoff run is a bit long though, so you'd need a good runway, or at least a good stretch of straight road with no obstructions on the sides.

Live fire for an A-10 is something to see. Its like a laser beam that walks over its target, then BOOM! The A-10 can also take damage like no other airplane I have ever heard of... It can lose an engine, half a wing and half a tail...hydraulics and avionics and still fly... You can shoot a 20mm armor piercing round into the floor of the canopy and make a nice dent...